Table 1.
Amphibian deaths and morbidity associated with chytridiomycosis
Species | Location | Date of death | No. with chytridiomycosis/ no. examined |
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Taudactylus acutirostris | Big Tableland, Australia, 15°42′S, 145°16′E, and | November 1993–January 1994 | 2/2 |
Captive Townsville, Australia | October 1993 | 5/7* | |
Litoria rheocola | Big Tableland, Australia, 15°42′S, 145°16′E | October–November 1993 | 1/2* |
Litoria nannotis | Big Tableland, Australia, 15°42′S, 145°16′E | October–November 1993 | 2/4* |
Taudactylus eungellensis | Eungella National Park, 21°04′S, 148°38′E | October 1995 | 1/1 |
Litoria lesueuri | Mary River, Australia, 26°37′S, 152°41′E | May–June 1996 | 5/5 |
Limnodynastes dumerilii | Goomburra, Australia, 27°58′S, 152°20′E | December 1996 | 1/1 |
Litoria caerulea | Brisbane, Australia, 27°38′S, 152°23′E, | July–September 1996 | 7/8 |
Casino, Australia, 28°50′S, 153°02′E; and | July 1996 | 3/4 | |
Brisbane, Australia, 27°37′S, 152°38′E | June–July 1997 | 5/5 | |
Limno dynastes tasmaniensis | Adelaide, Australia, 34°46′S, 138°32′E | May–June 1996 | 4/4 |
Mixophyes fleayi | Cunningham’s Gap, Australia, 28°03′S, 152°22′E | August–October 1996 | 4/5 |
Bufo marinus | Captive Geelong, Australia | June–August 1996 | 18/18 |
Mixophyes fasciolatus | Captive Melbourne, Australia | December 1996–February 1997 | 35/35 |
Litoria spenceri | Central Highlands, Australia, 37°22′S, 146°02′E | February 1998 | 4/4 |
Atelopus chiriquiensis | Captive, Cerro Pando, Panama | February 1994 | 4/5 |
Atelopus varius | Fortuna, Panama, 8°43′N, 82°14′W | January 1997 | 3/3 |
Bufo haematiticus | Fortuna, Panama, 8°43′N, 82°14′W | January 1997 | 2/2 |
Cochranella prosoblepon | Fortuna, Panama, 8°43′N, 82°14′W | January 1997 | 2/2 |
Cochranella albomaculata | Fortuna, Panama, 8°43′N, 82°14′W | January 1997 | 2/2 |
Eleutherodactylus emcelae | Fortuna, Panama, 8°43′N, 82°14′W | January 1997 | 8/8 |
Eleutherodactylus cruentus | Fortuna, Panama, 8°43′N, 82°14′W | January 1997 | 2/2 |
Histological examination of the skin was limited to the dorsum.